{"id":793,"date":"2013-04-23T12:31:34","date_gmt":"2013-04-23T18:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/lets-retire-in-mexico\/?p=793"},"modified":"2014-08-20T14:21:52","modified_gmt":"2014-08-20T20:21:52","slug":"playa-del-carmen-opens-first-wheelchair-accessible-beach-in-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/lets-retire-in-mexico\/2013\/04\/playa-del-carmen-opens-first-wheelchair-accessible-beach-in-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Playa del Carmen Opens First Wheelchair Accessible Beach in Mexico!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wheelchair accessibility and beaches are not ideas that people would imagine to be very compatible. Yet, a few weeks ago, Playa del Carmen combined innovation, creativity and sound practical thinking to open Mexico&#8217;s first wheel-chair accessible beach!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The beach is Fundadores, located right next to the ferry dock in the heart of downtown, which is also one of the widest beaches in the region.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The service offers wheelchairs and walkers\u00a0specially designed to work on the beach, a wooden board-walk style path going out onto the sand, and accessibility to the beach showers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at the pictures:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Mexico's first wheelchair-accessible beach\" src=\"https:\/\/i255.photobucket.com\/albums\/hh138\/beatlo\/Playa%20del%20Carmen%20photos\/Playa%20del%20Carmen%20Beaches\/IMG_5245_zpsd8b2f0d7.jpg\" alt=\"Fundadores Beach, Playa del Carmen\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Mexico's first wheelchair-accessible beach\" src=\"https:\/\/i255.photobucket.com\/albums\/hh138\/beatlo\/Playa%20del%20Carmen%20photos\/Playa%20del%20Carmen%20Beaches\/IMG_5246_zps60787983.jpg\" alt=\"Fundadores Beach, Playa del Carmen\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Mexico's first wheelchair-accessible beach\" src=\"https:\/\/i255.photobucket.com\/albums\/hh138\/beatlo\/Playa%20del%20Carmen%20photos\/Playa%20del%20Carmen%20Beaches\/IMG_5247_zpsb93b4b0a.jpg\" alt=\"Fundadores Beach, Playa del Carmen\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Mexico's first wheelchair-accessible beach\" src=\"https:\/\/i255.photobucket.com\/albums\/hh138\/beatlo\/Playa%20del%20Carmen%20photos\/Playa%20del%20Carmen%20Beaches\/IMG_5248_zps23ce3860.jpg\" alt=\"Fundadores Beach, Playa del Carmen\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Mexico's first wheelchair-accessible beach\" src=\"https:\/\/i255.photobucket.com\/albums\/hh138\/beatlo\/Playa%20del%20Carmen%20photos\/Playa%20del%20Carmen%20Beaches\/IMG_5222_zpsc7e8a4e2.jpg\" alt=\"Fundadores Beach, Playa del Carmen\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Mexico's first wheelchair-accessible beach\" src=\"https:\/\/i255.photobucket.com\/albums\/hh138\/beatlo\/Playa%20del%20Carmen%20photos\/Playa%20del%20Carmen%20Beaches\/IMG_5240_zps9110d825.jpg\" alt=\"Fundadores Beach, Playa del Carmen\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re proud of Playa del Carmen for putting in the effort to make this beautiful beach more accessible and enjoyable for everyone!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>-by Bea Lozano<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/property\/?n=awa-condos \" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\" https:\/\/i255.photobucket.com\/albums\/hh138\/beatlo\/Banners\/promotion-3-units_zps03a3786f.jpg\" alt=\"Awa Condos Playa del Carmen\" width=\"464\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wheelchair accessibility and beaches are not ideas that people would imagine to be very compatible. Yet, a few weeks ago, Playa del Carmen combined innovation, creativity and sound practical thinking to open Mexico&rsquo;s first wheel-chair accessible beach! &nbsp; The beach &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/lets-retire-in-mexico\/2013\/04\/playa-del-carmen-opens-first-wheelchair-accessible-beach-in-mexico\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[728,195],"class_list":["post-793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-living-in-mexico","tag-playa-del-carmen","tag-wheelchairs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Wheelchair Accessible Beach in Playa del Carmen<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" 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